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Academic Search Elite
Interdisciplinary full text database with access to approximately 2,000 journals, both scholarly and general.
ERIC
International database of pedagogical literature. Includes literature on pedagogy and education for most subjects, topics and education levels.
MEDLINE
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PubMed
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About same content as Medline, but with other search interfaces.
Systematic reviews databases
Cochrane Library
Covers key questions about the effectiveness of measures. The best source for systematic reviews and controlled studies in health science. Full Text. International coverage.
Epistemonikos
Epistemonikos is a collaborative, multilingual database of systematic reviews relevant for health-decision making. The database is maintained by systematically searching electronic databases and other sources for relevant systematic reviews and overviews of reviews.
PEDro
Systematic reviews on effects of child and adolescent mental health and welfare interventions.
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Google Scholar
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Web of Science
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Norwegian Research Information Repository (NVA)
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Additional resources
Curriculum in Physical education (KRO01-05)
Fri flyt
Freeriding and ski touring (in Norwegian).
Norges idrettsforbund (in Norwegian)
UT.no
Information about hiking in Norway (in Norwegian).